2. in "a day's wait," the fact that the father leaves the boy and goes hunting shows that the father
a. does not think his son's condition is serious
b. is a self­absorbed and neglectful parent.
c. cannot bear to remain in the boy's presence
d. is more attached to his dog than to his son.

3. which quote from “a day’s wait” best shows whom the boy is concerned about in the story?
a.“. . at school in france the boys told me you can’t live with forty­four degrees. i’ve got a hundred and
two.
b. after a while he said to me, “you don’t have to stay in here with me, papa, if it bothers you.”
c.“you go up to bed,” i said. “you’re sick.” “i’m all right,” he said.
d.“why don’t you try to go to sleep? i’ll wake you up for the medicine.”

4. what does it mean if a disease has become an epidemic?
a. it is widespread
b. it has been cured
c. it cannot be cured.
d. it is not serious

gilgamesh is an epic hero from birth, as he's brought to the world by the hand of several gods who shaped him with the goal of saving humanity. there's a passage from the text that reads "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull". this is a great example that show some of the super-human qualities that the gods gave gilgamesh upon his birth.

as gilgamesh grows he has to face many challenges that put his heroism to task. the courage he displays along the way, prove that he's ready to live up to the godly qualities brought upon him. at one point he has to overcome a wild beast by the name of hubamba "whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death", as the text reads. the actions taken by gilgamesh, beating the beast with the use of his super-human force, examplify why he shoud be thought of as an epic hero.

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